THE BILLIONAIRE’S SECOND CHANCE BETRAYAL
She sent a wall of golden fire slamming into the black shadow.
The tentacle hissed, not like burning wood, but like something boiling and angry. It shrank away, bubbling like tar in the sun. But for every one June held off, three more crawled up out of the hole. The man in the white suit had disappeared. Now, there was only a tall, shifting shape made of pure darkness—a thing with no face, just a single, glowing purple light where an eye should be. It pulsed, sick and bright.
“We are the Hunger,” it said, its voice a swarm of whispers. “The Foundation built the oven. We simply wait for the bread to be done.”